species of Mammalia. Ill 



and cylindrical tail forming the chief distinction. The character 

 of the fui- is the same in both species. 



Length from the tip of the snout to the root of the tail 5^ 

 inches, of the tail 3 in. 



29. SoREx CAUDATUS, Hodgs. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. N. S. iii. 

 p. 203 ; Cat. Mamm. E. I. C. Mus. p. 135. 



Corsiral caudata, Blyth, Mem. on Indian Shrews, J. A. S. 1855, p. 37. 



A true Sorex, as appears from the examination of the skull . 

 Judging from the number of specimens sent to the Museum, 

 this species appears to be common on the hills. 



30. Sorex ? nemorivagus, Hodgs. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. 

 269 ; CoU. J. N. H. iv. 288; Gray, Cat. H. Coll. p. 10. 



Sorex nemorivagus, ap. Blytb, Mem. on Ind. Shrews, J. A. S. 1855, p. 31. 



A species by no means clearly determined. The specimens 

 sent defective. 



31. Sorex pygm.eus, Hodgs. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. 269 ; 



Gray, Cat. H. Coll. p. 16. 



" Structure typical, save that no odorous glands were detected, 

 nor had the animal any musky smell.^^ — Hodgs. loc. cit. 



32. Sorex leucops, Hodgson. 



In Mr. Hodgson's list, accompanying his present, this is 

 marked as a new species. 



Colour uniform blackish-brown ; tail very slender and taper- 

 ing, exceeding in length the body and head together, terminating 

 with a whitish tip of half an inch long. It is named White- 

 lipped, but this character does not appear in the specimen sent. 

 It appears to be a distinct species, but further specimens and 

 examinations are required to determine its rank. 



Length of the body and head 3 inches, of the tail 3j in. 



The distinguishing character is the comparative length of the 

 tail and its white tip. It resembles the caudatus, but the colour 

 is darker, and the single specimen examined is not furnished 

 with the delicate hairs on the sides of the snout which exist in 

 the S. caudatus. 



Note. — The Sorex sikimensis, Hodgs. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., N.S., vol. iii. p. 203; Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. I. C. p. 136, has, 

 on a more accurate examination of its skull and other characters, 

 been determined to be identical with Corsira niffrescens^Gray, Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 261. In the Catalogue of Hodgson's Coll. 

 p. 17, Dr. Gray gives the following synonyms of this species : — 

 Sorex ? soccatus, Hodgs. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. 270, and 



